NCDAP Sentence Skills 2

Question 1

Choose the sentence that is most clearly and correctly written: (A) Running through the park, the rain began to fall. (B) While running through the park, she got caught in the rain. (C) She was running, and the rain began to fall in the park. (D) The rain fell while through the park she was running.

Accepted Answer

While running through the park, she got caught in the rain.

Answer

Option B correctly attaches the participial phrase 'while running through the park' to its subject 'she,' avoiding a dangling modifier.

Question 2

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Accepted Answer

The deadline approached, and everyone scrambled.

Answer

Option B contains both an independent clause and a coordinating conjunction joining another clause, making it a complete sentence.

Question 3

Select the best revision of the following sentence: 'The report was written by the manager, it contained several errors.'

Accepted Answer

The report was written by the manager; it contained several errors.

Answer

A semicolon correctly joins two related independent clauses, fixing the comma splice in the original sentence.

Question 4

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

Accepted Answer

She likes hiking, swimming, and running in the morning.

Answer

Option B uses consistent gerund forms (hiking, swimming, running) to maintain parallel structure in the list.

Question 5

Identify the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier:

Accepted Answer

He almost drove his children to school every day.

Answer

'Almost' is misplaced; the intended meaning is that he drove them nearly every day, not that he nearly drove them.

(NCDAP) North Carolina Diagnostic Placement Test Practice Test

(NCDAP) North Carolina Diagnostic Placement Test Practice Test

NCDAP Sentence Skills 2